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HSHP pickups "specs" and troubleshooting

Dimarzio doesn't provide full specs for OEM pickups:
This is the best description thus far:
Their output levels are medium, and the models they bear the closest resemblance to are the
Gravity Storm neck model and
Dominion bridge model.
The single-coil is not very similar to any of our standard single-coils.

If you're having trouble with the output of the pickups (either too loud or not loud enough)
Open up the back enclosure behind the volume knobs
You'll fine 2 blue trim pots (only 1 if you don't have a piezo) you can adjust.
They turn about 3/4 of the way of a full turn from 0 to 100% output.
These are useful to balance the piezo vs magnetic output.

Thanks for posting. Both, but particularly the bridge, seem specially designed to get stratty sounds when split and do a great job. The single sounds fatter to me than a traditional single coil--more bottom and less shrill highs, but crystal clear.

I know of at least one person who has swapped out the neck, but to me it's like the exhaust on my Ducati: I'm not going to pay hundreds of dollars to swap in something that isn't going to sound better. All subjective of course.

“You’re always learning about this thing every time you pick it up.” - Keith Richards